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November 2009

  
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 Hamburg remains profitable despite dwindling container volumes - Shipping Gazette
Hamburg stevedores and terminal operators have weathered the fall in throughput, with stevedores such as Germany's Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) continuing to operate in the black....
19 Nov 2009
2.
 Boxes fall 5.6pc as bulk rises 3.6pc at Indian ports April-October - Shipping Gazette
India's major ports have posted 3.6 per cent growth from April to October on the back of higher demand for bulk commodities while container traffic fell 5.68 per cent during the same period....
19 Nov 2009
3.
 South Asia Gateway Terminals surpassing Sri Lanka Ports Authority - Shipping Gazette
Concern has been expressed that the state-run Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) operators of Colombo, the Jaya and Unity terminals are losing market share to privately operated South Asia Gateway Terminals (SAGT) since April, reports the Colombo Sunday Times....
19 Nov 2009
4.
 Hanjin sees no rebound in container shipping until 2011 - Shipping Gazette
Korean shipping giant, Hanjin Shipping, expects little rebound in the container shipping until 2011, according to a Dynamar BV report. Having already lost its subsidiary, Senator Lines, earlier this year, it seems that Hanjin expects a long, hard road ahead before any sign of recovery appears....
19 Nov 2009
5.
 HK October down 18.2pc to 1.7 million TEU, Singapore off 8.2pc - Shipping Gazette
Figures from the Hong Kong Marine Department show the port handled 1,738 million TEU in October, a fall of 18.2 per cent over the 2,124 million TEU in October of last year....
18 Nov 2009
6.
 October volume best of 2009 for LA, up 10.9pc from September - Shipping Gazette
Container volume though the Port of Los Angeles hit its highest mark of the year in October as it posted a 10.9 per cent month-to-month increase to 647,423 TEU from September, said port authority figures....
18 Nov 2009
7.
 Amsterdam risks fading from maritime container stage - Shipping Gazette
Amsterdam, never a major player in the maritime container world, is soon to disappear entirely, despite last year's promising entry bid, because of the recently announced departure of Grand Alliance ships from the city's sole terminal....
18 Nov 2009
8.
 Changi Airport seeks bids for third ground handling licence - Shipping Gazette
Singapore's Changi Airport Group (CAG) has announced that it is calling for bids for a third ground handling licence. The tender covers the provision of baggage, apron and cargo handling, said a CAG statement. These services are now provided by Singapore Airport Terminal Services Limited (SATS) and SIA Engineering Company and Changi International Airport Services (Private) Limited....
18 Nov 2009
9.
 Intra-Asia container shipping to be the first profitable market: Nomura - Shipping Gazette
The Asian economic recovery is helping the intra-Asia trade return to profit. With sub trades such as intra Asia-Australia already in profit, it is estimated that intra-Asia’s container shipping market will be the first to become profitable. But it is also estimated that the wider container shipping market out of Asia remains “bearish”....
18 Nov 2009
10.
 ISO introduces new standards for ship recycling - Shipping Gazette
ISO 30000, which provides specifications for ship recycling management systems is now being implemented through the use of independent third party certification....
17 Nov 2009
11.
 US west coast warned of Canada, taxes, weak rail, Panama upgrade - Shipping Gazette
US west coast citizens should wake up and change their attitudes if they ever want container traffic to flow over their docks again, according to John McLaurin, president of the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association....
17 Nov 2009
12.
 Slovenia sees Adriatic route as shortest to south Europe - Shipping Gazette
Representatives of the Slovenian transport ministry the, Slovenian Agency for the Promotion of Foreign Investments and Entrepreneurship (JAPTI), the Chamber of Commerce and the national logistics industry presented seminars in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore recently to set out the logistics potential of the north Adriatic and Slovenia to access southeast Europe....
17 Nov 2009
13.
 US west coast self promotes in Qingdao, notes east coast's lure - Shipping Gazette
Concern over competition from US east coast ports for Asian cargo, has prompted the US west coast port and railway interests, to make a declaration at last week's World Shipping Summit in Qingdao, defending their long-standing status as the preferred gateway to America....
16 Nov 2009
14.
 Independent truckers jam LA traffic to protest clean truck scheme - Shipping Gazette
Independent truckers warring against a new container fees to be imposed by Los Angeles and Long Beach port authorities under the clean truck programme have brought traffic to a standstill on southern California's highways....
16 Nov 2009
15.
 Visakha terminal to spend US$25.6 million to double capacity - Shipping Gazette
Visakhapatnam port on the east coast between Calcutta and Madras will spend INR120 crore (US$25.6 million) on the Visakha Container Terminal to double its capacity to 600,000-TEU a year, reports India's Business Standard....
16 Nov 2009
16.
 Containership deliveries continue to flow into crowded market - Shipping Gazette
Israeli shipping line Zim has taken in charge the Zim Moskva, the first of two 4,330-TEU container ships originally ordered in May 2006 from the Hanjin-Philippines shipyard by German owner NSC Schiffahrt and sold in September 2007 to Allocean, and fixed by Zim in early 2008, according to an Alphaliner weekly newsletter....
14 Nov 2009
17.
 UK box volume expected to rise 20 million TEU a year to 2030 - Shipping Gazette
British ports will be able to handle almost three times the existing volume of containers and double the current amount of ro-on, ro-off traffic by 2030, according to the government's framework planning policy for the sector, reports the Financial Times....
14 Nov 2009
18.
 Frankfurt, EU's biggest air hub, enjoys 0.7pc October uptick - Shipping Gazette
Germany's Frankfurt Airport handled 177,945 tons of air freight in October, an increase of 0.7 per cent compared to the same month last year. Last month's performance marked the first growth in air freight volumes since June 2008 at Europe's largest air cargo hub....
14 Nov 2009
19.
 Heathrow up 1.5pc, Stansted up 2.9pc, Gatwick off 8pc - Shipping Gazette
October figures show cargo increases across seven of BAA's UK airports with London Heathrow up 1.5 per cent to 148,897 tons and London Stansted also increasing 2.9 per cent to 18,125 tons....
14 Nov 2009
20.
 Global shipper highlights the need for carriers to focus on service and not price - Shipping Gazette
At a time when the shipping industry is besieged with stories about declining rates and increased tonnage, CSM interviewed a global logistics manager from a major global shipper - who is willing to pay more to ship goods with carriers who provide a more reliable service....
14 Nov 2009